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Police Shoot, Kill Man On Domestic Dispute Call

Death Of Donteau Napier Investigated By Mercer County DA, State Police

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Updated: 9:52 AM EST Nov 25, 2011

Police Shoot, Kill Man On Domestic Dispute Call

Death Of Donteau Napier Investigated By Mercer County DA, State Police

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Updated: 9:52 AM EST Nov 25, 2011

FARRELL, Pa. —

State police and the district attorney's office are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by the Southwest Mercer County Regional Police.

The shooting happened after officers responded to a domestic dispute on Dream Boulevard in Farrell on Thanksgiving afternoon.

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Police opened fire on 27-year-old Donteau Napier. Investigators have not said why the officers fired, or whether the man was armed.

Police Chief Riley Smoot said two of his officers were involved in the shooting, and both of them are on administrative leave while the investigation continues. Neither officer is being publicly identified.

No other injuries were reported. Bullet holes could be seen in some cars on the street.

Napier's fiancee told Channel 4 Action News reporter Marcie Cipriani that she is the one who called police, but she said Napier didn't have to be shot.

The fiancee said that she and Napier had an argument, but she declined to give more details. She also said she is a nurse and tried to save the man's life.

Napier's 5-year-old daughter said her father was nice and played with her a lot.

The Sharon Herald reported Friday that Napier had been involved in several thefts in the past few years and was sentenced to prison in 2009 for terroristic threats, simple assault and retail theft. Napier was formerly of Youngstown, Ohio, and more recently lived in Farrell.

Neighbors in the usually quiet housing complex said they heard six shots fired but didn't see Napier with a weapon.

Robin Smith, who was at her mother's house nearby having dinner, said she saw the police turn Napier over after the shooting to try to revive him, but it was already too late.

Other neighbors told the Herald they saw the confrontation and heard Napier say, "I'm not getting down; you're going to have to shoot me."